Scotland first in world to use new diabetes test

[Mr_Pot]

No, it seems to be the original C-peptide test. The BBC article clearly states that it is available fron hospital diabetes centres only, not by the GP. Most GP's can take bloods, but the blood analysis is usually done by a specialist lab outside the practice. The test protocol is new, the test is not.

So why are they saying that Scotland is the first in the world if it is the same test that everywhere has been doing for years? Somewhere I read the test costs about £6 which doesn't sound like the price of a test that has been so hard to get previously. Testing for c-peptide is not new but they must have developed a simpler way of doing it.

 

[JohnEGreen]

I found this quite a good read though it is quite long and may take a little of your time to fully digest but it is quite informative though a little dated.

Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes

https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/38/Supplement_1/S8

 

[MrsA2]

So why are they saying that Scotland is the first in the world if it is the same test that everywhere has been doing for years? Somewhere I read the test costs about £6 which doesn't sound like the price of a test that has been so hard to get previously. Testing for c-peptide is not new but they must have developed a simpler way of doing it.

Yes they have, it was talked about a couple of posts earlier

 

[Mr_Pot]

Yes they have, it was talked about a couple of posts earlier

I knew I had read it somewhere!